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New York City DEP Launches Program To Improve Services, Lower Costs and Maintain Status as Nation's Best Water Utility for Future Generations 

 

Partnership with Veolia Water to support DEP's Operational Excellence program to streamline work flows, boost productivity, identify efficiencies and reach public agency's strategic goals
 
NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today launched a new program, Operational Excellence, orOpX, to help make DEP the safest, most effective, cost-efficient, and transparent water utility in the nation. The program will enhance services, result in environmental benefits, and reduce costs for the nine million New Yorkers who rely on DEP for water and wastewater services. Veolia Water ("Veolia"), an international expert in water and wastewater utilities, has been hired as a consultant to develop recommendations to streamline workflows, boost productivity, identify opportunities for efficiency gains, and keep future water rate increases as low as possible.
 
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Solyndra's Demise Sparks Stimulus Concerns 

 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The demise of Freemont, Calif., solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, which received a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government in 2009, calls into question the Obama administration's clean-energy stimulus program.
 
It was the first company selected under the program, authorized in a 2005 energy law and expanded in the 2009 stimulus law.
 
In a May 2010 speech at the company President Obama said, "Companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future." 
 
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Today's Green Tip: eCycle it! 

 

Take your old computer, DVD player, or other electronics to an electronics recycling center. Reusing and recycling materials like copper, gold, and others saves natural resources and reduces mining and processing. eCycling also helps avoid land, air, and water pollution by capturing and reusing hazardous substances such as lead or chromium.
 

TODAY'S ENVIRO-TIP

 

Allow grass clippings to stay on the lawn, instead of bagging them. The cut grass will decompose and return to the soil naturally. 
 
 
 
 

The Ohio State University and the University of Waterloo 

Finish Second and Third 

 

Washington (June 17, 2011) – Students from Virginia Tech University learned last night that their teamwork, perseverance and hard work have led to top honors when they were named the overall winners of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge after designing and building an exceptional extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) using E85 (ethanol).

 
Throughout the three-year competition, the Virginia Tech team hit incremental goals that helped the vehicle achieve fuel efficiency of 81.9 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, or 70 percent over the stock vehicle, positioning them above the rest. Virginia Tech’s EREV out-performed its competitors earlier this month when it was put through a series of safety and technical tests at GM’s Proving Ground in Milford, Mich., tests similar to those conducted on GM production vehicles. 
 
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